1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.9 (Rate: 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished) scale)

2 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.7 / University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.7

4 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.6

5 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.5 / University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 4.5

7 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 4.3 / University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.3

9 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 4.2 / Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 4.2 / University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX 4.2

12 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 4.0 / University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 4.0

14 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 3.9 / Northwestern University Evanston, IL 3.9 / Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 3.9

17 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.8 / Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX 3.8

19 Rice University Houston, TX 3.7 / University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 3.7 / University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA 3.7 / University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3.7

23 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.6 / University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD 3.6 / University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.6

26 Columbia University New York, NY 3.5 / Duke University Durham, NC 3.5 / Harvard University Cambridge, MA 3.5 / North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC 3.5 / Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH 3.5 / University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.5 / University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 3.5 / University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 3.5

34 University of California--Davis Davis, CA 3.4 / University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 3.4 / University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO 3.4

37 Brown University Providence, RI 3.3 / Iowa State University Ames, IA 3.3 / University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3.3

40 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 3.2 / Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 3.2 / Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 3.2 / Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 3.2 / Yale University New Haven, CT 3.2

45 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 3.1 / Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 3.1 / Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 3.1 / University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 3.1 / University of California--Irvine Irvine, CA 3.1 / University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 3.1

51 Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 3.0 / Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 3.0 / Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 3.0 / University of Delaware Newark, DE 3.0 / University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA 3.0 / University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 3.0

57 Boston University Boston, MA 2.9 / Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.9 / Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 2.9 / Northeastern University Boston, MA 2.9 / Tufts University Medford, MA 2.9 / University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL 2.9 / University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 2.9

64 Auburn University Auburn University, AL 2.8 / Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 2.8 / Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 2.8 / Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 2.8 / Polytechnic Institute of New York University Brooklyn, NY 2.8 / Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 2.8 / SUNY--Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 2.8 / University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY 2.8 / University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 2.8 / University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 2.8 / Washington State University Pullman, WA 2.8 / Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 2.8

76 Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO 2.7 / New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 2.7 / Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 2.7 / Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 2.7 / Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 2.7 / University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 2.7 / University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 2.7 / University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 2.7 / University of Rochester Rochester, NY 2.7

85 Brigham Young University--Provo Provo, UT 2.6 / Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 2.6 / Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA 2.6 / Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 2.6 / University of California--Riverside Riverside, CA 2.6 / University of Houston Houston, TX 2.6 / University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lincoln, NE 2.6 / University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 2.6 / University of North Carolina--Charlotte Charlotte, NC 2.6 / University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 2.6

95 George Washington University Washington, DC 2.5 / Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 2.5 / Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 2.5 / University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 2.5 / University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 2.5 / University of Missouri Columbia, MO 2.5 / University of Texas--Dallas Richardson, TX 2.5